Katrak

You should only get this if you have a kid who wants a drum set and you're not sure if they'll stick with it. It's a good way to avoid investing too much right off the bat.

If you're an adult and considering buying this for yourself...DON'T. It's way too small. If you're serious about getting into drums, buy an actual full-size acoustic or digital kit, not a table top one. If you wanna go all out, I'd advise getting a DTXpress by Yamaha.

First Act is a kid brand. This set is way too small to really do anything with unless you're a kid. You'll get bored with it fast.

drunkenalien

mbnva

bsmith1 wrote:Takes AA batts? That's sorta inconvenient for around the house. I suppose if you plan on playing it outdoors it makes sense. Good for pan handling, I reckon.

Just means portable - which is what you probably want this to be - "Get out of here with that!"....

Use rechargeable batteries. If you havent started doing this yet - your just paying too much for regular batteries and hurting environment (but you probably are doing this already and being good and green ;) )

mbnva

grampella wrote:Amazon sells these for 4X this price , and they get good reviews.

Use to play the drums - it will never match the real thing - but its fun. I would still if I could play them... sigh. This is prob used to 'spark interest' and then the real expense begins once its ignited... drums, lessons, being labeled a geek in school for being in the band (though better than any other instrument) - you got big sticks).

Roostalee

Any time I see computer drums I think of when ZZ Top went back and remixed and remastered all of their old albums, replacing the drum tracks with awful-sounding computer drums. It completely ruined the songs.

46and2

I have one and it worked great for learning time signatures, but I went into it knowing it was a plastic desktop toy. If you really think you are getting some amazing product for this price you might want to think again ;)

beck12

My husband did that for our baby swing that did not come with an adapter - BRILLIANT! He did go to college for electrical engineering though - so to him it was easy & I knew he could do it safely. I have NO clue how hard/easy - safe/dangerous such an undertaking might be.....

klacour

bongosolo wrote:You mean busking? No, for a couple of reasons.
1 - You won't get a good quality sound out of this TOY.
2 - You won't get a loud enough sound out of this TOY.
3 - You won't be able to actually play this TOY as if it were an instrument.

Golfmom

I bought this for my 14 year old daughter for Christmas. The good news is that it was $39.99 so $14.99 is a good deal. The bad news is it is crap and I took it back and got my money back. It just didn't sound good. Another note is it was missing the battery cover for the back. I called customer service and they were very helpful; said no they didn't have any battery covers and the product wasn't very good and I should take it back. It's a shame because I would love to have something like this for my daughter.

BJason

bowdogmusic wrote:I used to sell instruments for a living. Anything from First Act is a subpar product. They shouldn't even be allowed to call their products "musical instruments."

I grabbed a First Act LP-style guitar for super cheap on clearance (25 I think) from an unnamed evil entity about 7-8-ish years ago just for shiggles, and I swear it was the best guitar I've ever bought. Straight as a pin, great tone, great action, amazingly servicable pickups, solid signal with a nice chunky bottom, really cool thick green marbly finish, and the damn thing held tune forever. Little light in the body, the sustain was alright but unremarkable, but it was a real joy to play. It was my main demo/laptop guitar. I dared not gig with it EVER, I'd prolly have been laughed out the door.

I wish I still had it, but the rugrat boofed it bad. I'd try another if I had the chance, but I fear I either got real lucky with the first one, or they've since slipped. Sigh. I shoulda salvaged the parts, but I just gave it an undignified dumpster burial.

Anyway, just saying, First Act is good for what they do, making entry-level instruments for entry-level players. Yeah, they make toys too, as this drum thingy illustrates. But, at least back in day, they made some good stuff for cheap.

LisaFree

Bought this for my 6 year old last Christmas for $35 at Target. It was perfect for him then and he still continues to play with it now, over a year later. It IS a toy, and as that, it's a decent product. He likes it for the different types of drum sounds it makes (including one that isn't a drum at all!) and backup rhythms. It can be a little obnoxious at times, but thankfully the volume can't be turned up too loud. We've only had to replace the batteries a few times.

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